My theory is that a single more powerful unit, while there might be some occasional downtime due to maintenance the significant reduction in complexity & increase in single host performance specs might balance out....

I like the two #intelN100 that I currently have but they feel a bit cheap for #selfhosting #homeprod

I would also consider something else, but I think I have already done too much research

Next I run #syncthing on my laptop, and on my #homelab #intelN100 #n100 mini pc / server that runs in the cupboard and is very #lowpower I run #proxmox and this also has a #samba share which allows any other network devices to see the media.

With syncthing running, I always have two copies of the media, but for backup I was using #rclone to send an encrypted copy to #googledrive - which I am in the process of switching over to #nextcloud running on #hetzner

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TL;DR - Heads up, latest 6.13.x kernels seem to cause problems with Intel N100 based boards!
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-edac/OIUifRt--F-9@well-founded.dev/T/#t